Friday 25 July 2014

The World's End, Film 3 of the Cornetto Trilogy (2013)

Yes, this is yet another comedic Apocalyptic film but it isn't just that it is the last film in the 'Three flavour Cornetto' series with Nick Frost and Simon Pegg. Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and then World's End. Gary King ( Simon Pegg) decides that back in the day they tried to do the golden Mile which is going to all of the pubs there, all 12 of tem. So he tries to reel in his life long and only friends, the same he had when they did the original Golden mile. Those friends are the builder, Steven Pince (Paddy Considine), the car salesman ,Peter page (Eddie Marsan), the estate agent , Oliver Chamberlain ( Martin Freeman), the accountant and Andy Knightley (Nick Frost). It seems that they can't have a simple pint they end up nearly taken over by Robot copies of them which help revolutionise the telecommunication added by alien species called The Network. The amazing CGI adds to the atmosphere of the comedy with also some really funny gags. Will they be able to save humanity and what will happen if they were too??

I rate this film a 17/20.

X-men : Days Of Future Past (2014)

    When the Sentinels, mutant killers, are out of control, they are hunting down the mutants to much and on the verge to eliminating them all. So they get Kitty Pride (Ellen Paige) to send Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) in time before Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) killed the maker of the Sentinels because after that moment they used her DNA to make the Sentinels adapt to killing the different mutants. So wolverine finds Charles Xavier the younger one (James McAvoy) and convinces him that he's from the future but how can they prevent the Mystique from changing history forever and ending Mutant-kind as it is. You notice that al the X-men have grown into fighters and brilliant mutants who you would lend your life to. the CGI is amazing even from the first moment the film starts. With the original and new cast of the X-men series, Will Wolverine change history and prevent history repeating itself or did it play out the same as it did before? This is one of the best movies in the X-men series and it is major credit to the Marvel Franchise.

I rate this film and triumph a 19/20.
 

We're The Millers (2013)

    Now, with a drug dealer you would usually picture a young 20-something hoodie who has no standards and doesn't do drugs him/her self. However, that is not the case for David Clark (Jason Sudeikis) who is a 30-40 something drug dealer who looks like he could be a dodgy accountant who have a fancy for his next door neighbour a now retired stripper (Jennifer Aniston) . David has to make a major collection from Mexico but, it would look extremely suspicious. But, if a 'family' go on a road trip to mexico in a RV it won't look as suspicious. They work together with Emma Roberts and Will Poulter. Jennifer has to do a lap dance, Will gets bitten on the alls by a poisonous spider and lots of other things happen in this brilliant comedy which nearly left Jennifer with a award at the MTV awards for 'The Best Topless Award'. WIth a brilliant cast which adds to the family fun of it, it will make you sides split with laughter.

I rate this film a 18/20. 

 
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This Is The End (2013)

    Now when you see a bunch of actors playing themselves you think ahhhhh is it a fake documentary but no this is one of the best comedic apocalyptic films of the decade along with the World End. Though this is not about a documentary no it is about the many things that can go wrong with a group of friends on the last days of earth. With the main characters Jay Baruchel, Seth Rogen and James Franco. You will witness a new exorcist taken place with a spatula and a salad tosser, Channing Tatum being Danny McBride's bitch as well as Danny Mcbride being a cannibal and then most of them end up in Heaven with the Backstreet Boys singing 'Everybody'. This film has amazing and disgusting moments with a really famous cast. The CGI is amazing and you do loose all respect for Channing Tatum. 

I rate this film a 19/20.
 

Thursday 24 July 2014

About Time (2013)

       To find out that you can travel back in time can be extremely unbelievable but it was true for Tim (Domhnall Gleeson, Bill Wealsley from the Harry Potter Franchise), his Dad and every male in his family. That was including his father (Bill Nighy). So when he leaves home at 21 to go to the city he decides to not time travel much until he meets his true love, Mary, (Rachel McAdams) he then ends up mucking up every now and then until his sister gets injured in a car crash then, he tries to go back before his little girl was born to a party which would lead to this crash. However, when time traveling you should never travel before your kids were born because like the butterfly effect they might change and so he has to go back but let his sister live out her life until the crash and then all hell starts to break loose his best friend dates his sister, he has 2 more children and his Dad becomes ill. This film is directed by Richard Curtis who did Love Actually who adds the most dramatic and emotional music and ends up making it into one of the best rom-coms since The Notebook and Love Actually. it will make you cry, laugh and even cringe at most parts and overall it is a brilliant journey that everyone even men should journey with you. 
        I rate this film a 19/20.

The To Do list (2013)

Being the ultimate nerd and control freak has always been Brandy's (Aubrey Plaza) domain but when her best friends tell her that she needs to be more adventurous her reaction is not what they meant. She decided to make the ultimate to do list of which she has to complete by the time she goes to college in the autumn. She decides to use Cameron (Johnny Simmons) and Rusty waters (Scott Porter) and other people. Set in the mid 90s as well it was quite a controversial topic then even though now its a part of every day life. This does come in front of family and friendship. With well known actors popping up in surprising places and lots of cringe worthy moments. I rate this unbelievable cringe worthy film a 16/20.

Wednesday 23 July 2014

The Fault In our Stars (2014) (Film)

If you have Cancer life is basically all shit but, terminal cancer that is a whole other thing. When Hazel Grace (Shailene Woodley) is forced to go to a help meeting with other Cancer survivors or sufferers it is hard for her but then she meet Augustus Waters (Ansel Elgort) she just thinks of him a Cancer survivor who is trying to give himself more Cancer by smoking. But no it s a metaphor.
 
 
This starts to give you a new perspective on life and of him. They become best friends even though she says strictly friends which is not Augustus's idea because he believes 'It would be an honour to have his heart broken by Hazel Grace.' Now Hazel is a deep in thought girl and her favourite book An Imperial Affliction which she has many questions about and has tried to message the author. She gets Augustus to read it ends up with him asking the same questions. They end up going to Amsterdam to seek the writer where Hazel eventually admits her true feeling for Augustus. The story brings a bucket full of tears to your eyes all throughout it and it is a triumph for John Green as it is his first book adaptation. I rate this film a 19/20.
 

A million ways to die in the west (2014)

Everyone has seen western films often with John Wayne in it with the occasional Wilhelm scream popping up. Well this is the new cowboy in town. With update language and hilarious parts though I did  loose all of my respect for Neil Patrick Harris ( Barney, How I met Your Mother) when he got ill and shit in two top hats. You gain respect for Seth McFarlene for not just being a lonely sheep herder but, going against Liam Neeson in a film  where he doesn't say 'I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.' and it turns out Seth McFarlene wins. With a damsel not in distress who save Seth McFarlene from distress and helps him to be a proper man while accidental falling in love with him. A surprising fun movie in parts though it is not quite as good as Seth's previous films and the amount of ways people could have died in the West actually surprises you. 
I rate this film a 14/20.






Walk of Shame (2014)

      When you watch the Hangover and you think ahh that's pretty bad well this is the same but with a woman. She gets absolutely sloshed, called a Prossie, her car repossessed, sleeps with a random man (James Marsden), makes friends with drug dealers who's names are Pooki and Scrilla who only know the woman as Bitch from the news (Elizabeth banks) and she ends up running across a motorway. Her dreams way to be on the news as a new reporter not as a crazy woman in a Yellow dress. With a pretty familiar cast, some exciting and hilarious moments this film is a triumph to Elizabeth Banks Filmography even though it is not her typical character which recently she doesn't seem to have due to her trying all bases and scoring major blockbusters in those accreditations to her name.
    I rate this film a 17/20.

The Other Woman (2014)

It is bad enough when you find out that your husband is cheating on you with a younger sexier model ( Cameron Diaz) but to find out that he is having an affair over that one with a blonde twenty something bikini ready body babe (Kate Upton). So this house wife (Leslie Mann) tries to get her own back by finding out he's being using her to commit fraud she gets him back with old fashioned tricks and she really good new ones. The pranks do make you feel sorry for him in the end though only a little bit. With a mainly well known cast and some hilarious moments it is one of the best comedies of 2014 so far. I rate this film a 18/20.

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Vampire Academy (Film) (2014 )

This is one of the best book adaptions of 2014 from the best selling author Richelle Mead. The main character, Rose, has a best friend who is a Moroi (full vampire) princess whereas Rose is a Damphir (half vampire) who has to protect the princess as their life's pathway as well as it is her choice. Btu the other year they ran away from the Vampire Academy because a threat was there but what. They are taken back there and Rose falls in love with her hot gym teacher and they have to work their way back up the viscous food chain. Though it has a non-famous cast they are brilliant actors and awesome stunts and at some moments the characters passion ends up flooding into your emotion and you feel as though you are right there with them wanting to fight by their side. I rate this film a 19/20 though it missed some of the major parts in the book out.